Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 19, 2000

Michael Sternberg – Universal Broadband Networks (ubnt)

MICHAEL A. STERNBERG is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Universal Broadband Networks. Mr. Sternberg most recently served as CEO of KMC Telecom Holdings Inc., a private CLEC. Under Mr. Sternberg's direction KMC moved from a small staff to 1,100 employees while starting and completing almost 42 metropolitan area networks in three and one half years. KMC annual revenues under Mr. Sternberg grew from $3 million to nearly $200 million (F2000 ext.) Mr. Sternberg was also instrumental in assisting KMC in securing vendor and bond financing in excess of $1 billion. Mr. Sternberg was also Founder and Chief Operations Officer of National Telephone Co., the nations first public interconnect company, which grew from zero to $70 million in annual sales and 37 offices under Mr. Sternberg's leadership. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a little history and overview of Universal

Broadband Networks?

Mr. Sternberg: Universal Broadband Networks was originally a wireless

company. It started in